Cheapest€10.08
- FlixBus FB664717:032h 9m19:12Preston Bus StationNottingham Broadmarsh
Door to door 2h 53mCO2 4.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Preston to Nottingham bus
Buses from Preston to Nottingham start at €11.18 and take 2h 51m at their fastest.
The Buses from Preston to Nottingham starts at €11.18 and takes 2h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 157 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 51mDoor to door
- 2h 7mMoving
- €11.18From
- 4.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €10.08 | 2h 51m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Nottingham is not something we sell.
A room in Nottingham for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Preston to Nottingham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.1821 days
- €12.8314 days
- €15.037 days
- €21.083 days
- €23.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €23.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.83Sun
- €11.73Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €12.83Wed
- €13.93Thu
- €13.93Fri
- €13.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Preston
Bus
- Preston Bus Station
Nottingham
Bus
- Nottingham Broadmarsh
- Bulwell Bus Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 157 km against 137 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Warrington, Manchester, Sheffield, Huddersfield. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Preston at 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 52m | 1h 8m | 44m | €21.24 | 5.2 kg | 19 |
| Coach | 2h 51m | 2h 7m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.2 kg | 3 |
Questions about Preston to Nottingham
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Preston to Nottingham take?
The Coach from Preston to Nottingham takes 2h 51m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 157 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Preston to Nottingham cost?
The Coach from Preston to Nottingham starts at €11.18 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €11.73. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Preston to Nottingham?
1 operators run the Coach from Preston to Nottingham: FlixBus. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Preston to Nottingham use?
The Coach from Preston to Nottingham leaves from Preston Bus Station and arrives at Nottingham Broadmarsh. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Preston to Nottingham?
Traveling from Preston to Nottingham by Train costs €21.24 and takes 1h 52m door to door, against 2h 51m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Preston to Nottingham?
Fares for the Coach from Preston to Nottingham bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Preston to Nottingham produce?
The Coach from Preston to Nottingham produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 157 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Preston to Nottingham?
Operators on the Coach from Preston to Nottingham publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 51m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Preston to Nottingham on September 9, 2026: 157 km of route against 137 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 2h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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